U.S.forces make up the majority of the 100,000 foreign military personnel in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Akiva Eldar,a senior columnist with the Ha'aretz newspaper in Tel Aviv, says U.S.pressure may force Mr.Netanyahu to make tough political decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

She says she does not understand why weeks of meetings are needed in order for the U.S.government to make a decision.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The new law would lift tariffs on some of the materials U.S.companies must import to make their products.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"Even the most vociferous critics of the United States also want to make sure that the U.S.economy is working and growing again,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

"The U.K.government has got to make some pretty savage cuts because its public debt is so high."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

And he successfully made it through qualifying this season to make it on the U.S.Team for Vancouver.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Some business groups complain that the proposed tax changes will impose new costs on U.S.firms and make them less competitive in the global marketplace.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Critics say Lieberman's position could harm Israel's relations with the new U.S.administration, which has vowed to make the Middle East peace process a priority.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

To make matters worse,consumers, the main drivers of the U.S.economy, were in no mood to spend.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Mr.Hatoyama has signaled he will seek to make the U.S.relationship less central to Japan's decision-making.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

And lawmakers in one U.S.state are trying to make attacks using social media illegal following the suicide of a young girl who received abusive messages online.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

She also said the U.S.aid community must have the courage to rethink its strategies to make sure that the programs achieve lasting change in recipient nations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Mogwanja says U.N.officials have urged Pakistani authorities to make sure that areas are stable and military operations are at an end before people are encouraged to return.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

But Clifford May says it is an important point to make to the Afghans and the entire region that the U.S.is not going to stay there forever.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

The advantage helped Andrew Weibrecht make the U.S. Development Team in 2003.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"So that it is a key choice that the U.S.has to make;

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

The U.S.government says Tehran is trying to make weapons-grade nuclear material.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Opponents say the deal with make it easy for the far larger U.S.economy to overwhelm entire sectors of the South Korean economy, especially in the culturally sensitive agriculture sector.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

He says efforts to make progress in that area, include adding a member of the U.S.Treasury Department to his staff to focus exclusively on the source of Taliban funding.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Democrat Keith Ellison, one of two Muslims in the U.S.Congress, and fellow Democrat Barbara Lee argued that tightening sanctions would make President Barack Obama'sefforts in negotiations with Iran harder.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates had only this to say today about the capture of 23-year-old U.S.Army Private Bowe Bergdahl and the video the Taliban apparently forced him to make.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Meanwhile,the House Financial Services Committee took a step to make it easier for U.S.state governments and individual investors to divest from Iran, removing the threat of lawsuits for those doing so.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Morrell said the review does not mean that the counterinsurgency approach is over, but rather that U.S.officials want to make sure their strategy is right before committing significant numbers of additional troops.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

and NATO forces even as the Obama administration prepares to send an additional The hazy groups and alliances of what collectively comprise the Taliban make it difficult to determine just who the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

The White House says President Barack Obama will attend next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen,Denmark, and will make a provisional pledge to cut U.S.greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

It is called "Thanks Mom." While many Team USA sponsors celebrate achievements of individual Olympians, P&G also wanted to acknowledge those who made it possible the mothers who supported their child's dream to make The U.S.Olympic Team.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

So we are very concerned; we want to make sure our [i.e.,the U.S. government understands the stakes and is not seen opposing the independent judiciary, Muhammad Ashraf Toor, is the Chairman of the Pakistan American National Alliance.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11